assembly elections

Guwahati, April 9 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma cast his vote in Guwahati on Thursday.He was accompanied by his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, and their two children.Sarma, who is leading the NDA in the state and seeking a third consecutive term, is contesting from Jalukbari, a seat...

Nagpur, April 9 The Congress will face consequences if it does not allow NCP president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar to win the Baramati assembly by-election unopposed, said minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday.The party’s “downfall” will begin from Baramati, he...

Haldia, April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for its alleged misrule and appealed to voters to oust the TMC from power in the upcoming assembly elections.Addressing a gathering in Haldia, the constituency of Leader of...

New Delhi, April 9 – According to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the voter turnout in the Assam Assembly elections was recorded at 38.92% as of 11 a.m. on Thursday. In Kerala, the turnout was recorded at 33.28%, while in Puducherry, it was 37.06%.Polling for the...

Jorhat (Assam), April 9 State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi cast his vote for the Assembly elections on Thursday and asserted that a "strong, fearless, confident, and new Assam" will emerge after the elections.Speaking to reporters after exercising his franchise along with his mother Dolly Gogoi...

Puducherry, April 9 Puducherry recorded a voter turnout of 17.41% by 9 am on Thursday as polling began in all 30 assembly constituencies.Voting commenced at 7 am in the Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam regions, with as many as 9.50 lakh voters deciding the fate of 294 candidates.With...

Kolkata, April 9 Amid the intense campaigning for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three consecutive rallies in three districts on Thursday.Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also arrive in Kolkata on Thursday, with a packed campaign...

On April 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the urgent need for reservation for women in legislative bodies, describing it as a transformative step that would make India's democracy more vibrant and participatory. In an Op-Ed and a series of posts on the social media platform X, the...

Kolkata, April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three rallies in Haldia, Asansol, and Suri in West Bengal on Thursday to intensify the BJP's campaign for the state assembly elections.This will be his second visit to the state since the announcement of the election schedule in...

Puducherry, April 9 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to voters in the Union Territory of Puducherry to participate in large numbers as polling began for the Assembly elections.In a message posted on X, PM Modi said, “As the Puducherry Assembly elections commence, I urge...

Puducherry, April 9 Voting commenced under tight security across the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday, with 9.50 lakh voters set to decide the electoral fortunes of the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc.Voters enthusiastically lined up before the polling stations in Puducherry...

Agartala, April 8 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha launched a strong attack on the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) on Wednesday, accusing it of presiding over a regime of "plunder and corruption" in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).Chief Minister Saha asserted that the...

Palakkad (Kerala), April 8 Police on Wednesday registered a case against representatives of the BJP-led NDA in the Palakkad constituency, alleging that they bribed a voter ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections.The First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the Palakkad Town South police...

Kolkata, April 8 A vehicle belonging to the security detail of senior Congress leader and former MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was damaged after being hit by a truck carrying sand in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on Wednesday evening, police said.Chowdhury, who is contesting the assembly...

Kolkata, April 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared assets worth Rs 15.37 lakh in her affidavit for the 2026 Assembly elections from Bhabanipur, reflecting a marginal decline from the Rs 16.72 lakh disclosed during the elections five years ago.Banerjee, also the supremo of...

Kolkata, April 8 – The body of a Bharatiya Janata Party activist was recovered in Haldia, in the East Midnapore district of West Bengal, on Wednesday evening, just under 24 hours before the party’s major election campaign rally there, which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...

Chennai, April 8 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President, M. K. Stalin, launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday over the proposed special session of Parliament on delimitation, raising concerns about its implications for southern...

Jalpaiguri (WB), April 8 BJP national president Nitin Nabin led a roadshow in the town of Mainaguri in the Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, in support of the party's candidates in the West Bengal Assembly elections.The streets were filled with slogans of "Jai Mataji" and other chants in...

New Delhi, April 8 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Tuesday that there was no reason to recall its April 2 order that stayed an order by the Assam government to deploy around 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) personnel for the assembly elections in the northeastern state...

Chennai, April 8 AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday criticised the Stalin-led government, calling it a "failed model" that could not deliver on its promises of filling government vacancies, providing jobs to youth, or even preventing massive flooding in Chennai during the monsoon...